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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-10-27
WEST AND SOUTH.

DETECTIVE CUNNINGHAM. who it is alleged
was engaged in the recent murder and rob-
berry of Rev. Mr.. Ryan, in West Virginia, was
lynched on the 1Sth making the fifth vic
tim of the yigilantes.
THE steamer City of Rio Janeiro reported,
upon her arrival at San Francisco on the
18th, that Chinese junk capsized In a
squall In Japanese waters, and eleven Of the
crew OF nineteen were drowned.
The Timothy Brothers, dealers in dry
goods Mt Nashville. Tenn, made an assign
ment on the 18th with liabilities of 5000,
OOO
The National convention of Employing
Printers, representing twenty three OF the
leading cities of the coun.ri,, at its opening
session in Chicago on the 18th decided to
refuse the demand OF the International
Union for a nine-hour day.
SEVENTY indictments We're on the 10th
returned by the United States grand jury
investigating the Fidelity Bank cases al
Cincinnati against L. l. Harper, ten against
Benjamin +. Hopkins ten against Ammi
Baldwin and seven against Miss Josie
Holmes, Harper's private secretary.
AT Wabash, Ind, James Polk, aged eighty
three years. one of the pioneers Of the
Wabash valley, was killed by the cars on
the 10Th
AT Oelwein, Ia, fourteen business houses
with the post Office, were destroyed by fire
on the 10th.
FIRE destroyed the new stock-yards al
Wichita, Kan, with o number Of steers
horses and hogs, on the 10Th.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineer
began their twenty fourth annual conven-
tion in Chicago on the 10Th. Addresses
Were made by Mayor Roche, Governor
Oglesby and Grand Chief Engineer Arthur
The champion quail eater Of America, G.
c. Flora, of Campbellsvillc, KY, commenced
on the 10th the feat of eating one hundred
quail in fifty consecutive days
ALL OF the Western roads it was an.
nounced OH the 10Th had agreed to make q
uniform rate of two cents mile on two.
thousand-mile tickets, retaining the two
and one-half cent rate on the thousand.
mile tickets
ALL the sugar between Morgan City
and New Orleans In Louisiana was leveled
| on the 10th by Il storm. In the latter city
houses, fences and trees were blown down
and many of the streets were inundated
The general assembly OF the Knights oi
Labor adjourned sine die at Minneapolis on
the 10th.
THE failure of the Excelsior Refining Com.
pany of Cleveland, O., occurred on the Goth
for $l2a, 900.
A FREIGHT and. passenger train collided
on the 10Th near Greer's, &. C., and thu
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-10-27

A WELL which must be wonder oil
the first magnitude has been discovered
near Harlem, Columbia County. Ga. ,
about thirty miles from Augusta. A
noise can be distinctly heard down in
the well resembling swarm of bees,
and glance down plainly shows that
it is boiling furiously. A lighted torch
was let down in the well to see if it
contained gas, but without result.
This well was dug about one year ago.
and has been acting like other wells
until few weeks ago, when it began
to boil and has continued to boil inces-
sanity ever since.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-10-27
Great American Inventions.

The fifteen great American inven-
tions of worldwide adoption are: l.
the cotton gin; ?, the planning machine;
8, the grass mower and reaper; 4. tho
rotary printing press; 5. navigation BY
steam. 6. tho hot-air engine; z. the
sewing machine; 8. the lndia-rubber
industry; 8 the machine manufacture
OF horseshoes; 10, tho sand-blasts for
carving; II, the gauge lathe; II. the
grain elevator; Is, artificial ice-making
on a large scale; II. the electric mag
net and its practical application; 10.
the telephone. - Chicago NeUs.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-10-27

MRS. XAVIER GRAMER. who left her
home in Brooklyn to explore the wild
West with cowboy, has written q let
ter to her deserted spouse in which she
narrates the thrilling story Of her ad-
ventures. While on n buffalo hunt she
was separated from her companions,
and fell into the hands of band Of
Snake Indians, after having had leg
broken by.a iall from her horse. The
medicine man of the tribe set her
broken limb. aud the chief wished to
place her in his household, but she
managed to escape and made her way
to cowboy camp.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-10-27

ADyIcEs Of the 21st report desperate en-
counter between Bud Trainers gang Of out
laws and vigilance committee led by
Robert Henderson, on the north fork OF the
Arkansas river, Indian Territory. Eight Of
the yigilantes were killed and like num-
Der were seriously wounded The outlaws
lost fifteen men,
APPLICATION for writ of error and stay
Of proceedings in the Chicago Anarchists'
case was made before the United States Su-
preme Court at Washington ON the 21st
OVER six inches of snow fell on the 21st
ut Bessemer, Mich, and at Hale's Corners
and Mnskego. in Wisconsin.
The Louisiana Democratic State conven-
tion will be held at Baton Rouge January 10.
The Presidential party, en- route for Wash
ington, stopped for one hour on tho 2lst at
Asheville, N. c., and then proceeded on
their journey home.
THE Georgia Legislature adjourned on the
21st after four-months' session. OF all the
public measures discussed none were final
~ adopted
By the explosion of boiler on the 2lst
at Lincoln, Neb, Charles Thomas was
killed and two other men were fatally
scalded
Hon. NATE FREDER1cKs, of Findlay, o.,
and two OF his children died on the 2lst
from the effects Of paris green taken with
cabbage. Mrs Fredericks and two other
children Were dying
storm ragged on the 2ls5, and many vessels
were driven into harbor for shelter, having
suffered more or less severely.
ANDREW FLEMING (coloredl was hanged
on the 21st at Tallulah, La, for the murder
Of Damn Rauvnn
The mayor of Tampa, Fla. on the 2lst
sent out an appeal for aid In behalf Ct the
sufferers from yellow fever in that city.
DANIEL PINE, of Paw Paw, ILL.,, who was
born in 1856, died on the 21st
THE boiler of portable saw-mill ut West
Brownsville, Pa, exploded on the 2lst with
terrific force. Two brothers, John and
William Kelly, and q man named McCann,
We're instantly killed
Ten valuable horses were burned to death
on the 2lst in fire near Fond du Lac, Wis
JOHN DIcKERsoN, a well-known capitalist
of Los Angeles, Cal, was killed In Mexico
on the 2lst by bandits.
On the 21st Third Assistant Postmaster
General Harris said that until otherwise
ordered the senders Of third-class mail
could use envelopes on which their business
cards are printed
THERE were l72 business failures In the
United States during the seven days ended
on the 2lst, against 1872 the previous seven
days
The tenth game Of the championship
series played on the morning Of the 2lst At
Washington, resulted: st Louis, IL; De-
troit, 4. The deciding game was played ut
Baltimore in the afternoon, the Detroits
winning the worlds championship by q
score Of 13 to 3. In the eleven games
played Detroit secured 80 runs and the St
Louis Browns 33,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-10-27

DIR. J. HANEY LOWELL, of Philadel-
phia. is pronounced vegetarian, be-
lieying that eating meat is the cause
of untold evils. He even thinks that
vegetarianism is tho best remedy for
intemperance. His theory is that flesh
eating men have an abnormal taste
for drink. and that if men will only
confine themselves to vegetable food
the desire for drink will be antago-
nizoi. mo man. he says, "who eats
pound of macaroIi daily will become
u drunkarl."
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-10-27
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.


The London police and the unemployed
working men of that city had conflict on
the 18th, during which several policemen
were injured and nine arrests were made
THE dedication OF the Shakespeare me-
mortal fountain. presented to the city Of
Stratford- -upon-Avon, Eng, by Mr.. George
w. Childs, Of Philadelphia, took place on
the 18th, the occasion being made holi-
fHE death OF Gustav Robert KirchoR, the
eminent natural scientist and discoverer Of
the spectroscope, occurred III London on
the 18th
THE recent forest fires in Canada are said
to have redeemed thousands Of acres Of
swamp land
OwINo to unlaw ful speculation the Leipsic
Discount Company, q banking house at
Leipsic. Germany, with capital Of Q, 900,
600 marks. failed on the 18th
Mr. GLADSTONE, In . speech delivered at
Nottingham, Eng, on the 18th, said that
coercion was directed, not against crime,
but against the people Of Ireland combining
to preserve their interests, and that the
whole system OF government in Ireland re-
quired to be thoroughly reformed, root and
branch
FULLER reports received on the 18th OF
the recent disastrous fire at Hankow, China,
give the number OF lives lost as one thou
sand, and the value Of the property de-
stroyed afloat and ashore at 9. .OOO, 900 taela
In fight between the police and tho un-
employed working men In London, several
persons were injured on the 10Th
A LONDON stock broker named Fairbain
disappeared on the 10th, leaving debts to
the amount Of 100000
THROUGHOUT Italy severe snow-storma
were prevailing on the 10Th In many
places the crops had been seriously injured
and cattle severely frost-bitten A hurri-
cane visited Venice unroofing many houses
and doing much damage.
SPRINGS which had but recently appeared
were on the Goth flooding the district OF
Roquil, Havana Extensive cane fields were
submerged and the water was rising
CHIEF JUSTICE LEWIS WAILBRDGE, of Man.
itoba, expired on the Goth ut Winnepeg,
aged seventy lone years, after short illness.
Deceased was Speaker Of the Dominion
Parliament In 1883.
A COLLISION occurred on the Goth on
Beachy Head, Australia, between the steam
er Upupa and the bark Planter, and only
two Of the crew Of the bark survived, eleven
persons being drowned
AT Port Philip, Australia, the steamer
Cheviot was wrecked on the 10Th, and many
Of tho passengers were drowned
UNUSUALLY cold weather for this time OF
year was reported in Germany on the 2Oth
Several persons had been frozen to death
while sleeping in the open air at Carlsruhe
Crefeld and other places.
In London on the Goth the steamer Great
Eastern was sold at auction for $1O5. .OO0
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-10-27
CREsCo, IOWA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER q, 1887.
BLUE.EYED BESSIE.

Bonnie blue-eyei Bessie,
Roamin' DER the lea,
Fu' OF winsome sweetness
Stole my heart fra me.
Never bird that warbled
Had 50 sweet q voice! ...u..
Zen the flowers to see her
Seemed to a. rejo:cel
Queen uf o. the lassies,
Dear for aye to ME;
Bonnie blue-eyed Bessie
Roamin' Ger the lea.
Bonnie blue-eyed Bessie,
Sunshine ever brings;
Flowers around her noddin'
Listen while she singsl
At the rosy dawnin'
Blithe she Is and gay.
Chasin' u the shadows
o. the night away;
Queen Of a. the lassics,
Dear for aye to me:
Bonnie blue-eyed Bessie,
Roamin' o'er the lea!
Bonnie blue-eyed Beasie
Makes the world 81 bright
Ever weavin' round her
Bunshine and delights
Oh, the winsonie promise
She to me ha' given!
Promise sweet for ever
True as yonder Heaven.
Queen Of a the lassies!
Dear for aye to me:
Bonnie blue-eyei Bessie
Romin' DER the lea.
John heyaton, fn the Acciisat Ne,cs.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-10-27

! Mrs. EZRA S. ALLEN ascended alone
In balloon from the State fair grounds
at Narragansett Park, Providence. the
other afternoon. She reached height
of three miles and met with diverse
currents of air and whirlwind. The
situation grew SO threatening that she
pulled the explosion cord and fell with
the balloon mile and half The
force Of the fall was broken by the bal
loon alighting in a tree top.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-10-27

Mr.. AND Mrs. PETER VANDOREN,
who live near Springfield. ILL.,. cele-
brated their golden wedding the other
day. Mrs Vandorcn was born in Ire
land and with her parents was Oh a
ship coming to America when storm
destroyed the ships stores. Her father
died and starvation seemed to DO in
evitable for all on board. Lots were
drawn as to who should be killed that
the others might live. Mrs. Vandoren
was one to draw the card of death. She
asked for five minutes in which to pray,
and before the time had passed boat
appeared in sight and rescued them.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-10-27

LEROY BROWN, an elderly man, was
playing with a pet kitten at his
home near the railroad track in Homer,
N. T., few days ago, when the kitten
Jumped from his arms and darted
across the track. Mr.. Brown started
in pursuit, and was struck by an cx-
press train and hurled fifty feet upon
an cmbankment. His neck was broken
and he died almost instantly.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-10-27
A Bright Future.

s.When I was twenty-onc years OF
age," he said. Il thought that if l
wasn't rich at thirty I would bc too
old to enjoy wealth. :
..How old are you now?"
Seventy"
.And rich, of course?"
mo. Tn poor man yet; but I've
got scheme in view that will mako
mo as rich as mud before I'm eighty.
and then Ipropose to take things easy
and enioy life ~ T. Sun
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-10-27

If the report from Tucson, A. T., is
trne, a little light is shed upon the re-
cent Indian troubles in the far South
west. 1t is stated that the United
States grand jury has discovered that
an organized band OF cattle thieves,
with which prominent citizens are con-
nected. have been stealing cattle from
the Indians on the San Carlos rcscrva-
ton during the last year.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-10-27

PROBABLY Rev. George r. Rogers, of
Brooks Station, Ky. is the Oldest min
lister in active service in the United
States. Ih"ngh ninety-six years old
he frequently rides his horse to Louis
willie and retm ns-a distance of twcn-
ty-slx miles. lie served through the
war OF 1872 and draws pension for
that service
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-10-27

1T is said to be tho practice among
New York sharpcrs to pull every tooth
from an old horses head and insert ar
fificial ones, and the work is so neatly
done that plenty of buyers are taken in
and done for,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-10-27

WORDS, words, words, mean dollars,
dollars. dollars. During the last year
the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany handled 1884, $50 messages
The surplus Of the years business Is
S2.G9235
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-10-27

JOHN A. BINGHAM, Of Ohio, late
Minister to Japan, refuses to slpep
alone or in dark room. lie wants
somebody with him and the gas blaz-
ing all night Did John Robinson, the
famous c'rcus-man Of Cincinnati. is
possesseI Of 4 similar idiosyncrasy.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-10-27

VINcENzIo JULIAso, an Italian mur-
derer locked up in the Newark IN. J.)
jail, is not lost to humane feeling,
since it has leen discovered that he
saves the lions share of his prison
fare for his starving wife and children.
when the Jail officials learned this they
doubled his allowance of food.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-10-27
A Correct Diagnosis.

Young physician Ito patienp-Your
dyspepsia comes. think, sir, from too
high living. You are \ very high
liver, are you not?
Patient-Yes. sir; live on the top
floor of II New York tlat.-Lite.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-10-27

IHE tonnage moved by all the rail.
roads in 1856 cqualed 4s2. .OOO, 900
tons; it is estimated that the tonnage
this year will equal 545, 900. 900 tons,
comparative increase of 63, ,OOO. .OO0
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-10-27

IHE most astonishing failures OF the
season are those ofextensive breweries.
Most people supposed the profits of
these concerns were so large rs to rem
der bankruptcy almost impossible.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-10-27

Compiled From Late Dispatches,
FROM WASHINGTON.

The wool-clip of the United States 10,
this year was on the 18th valued at SO.
600, 600, and the number OF sheep esti-
mated at 40, 600. 900, an increase OF !, ,OOO,-
600 since the last censuA
TIE Territories Of Montana, Dakota, New
Mexico, Washington and Utah would 1t wal
stated in Washington on the 18th, ali seek
admission as States at the next session oi
Congress-
The National Carriage Builders, at thei,
session at Washington on the 10th, elected
Hugh Jchhson, of Detroit, president
RAIN at Washington on the Goth prevent
ed the St Louis-Detroit game of ball for the
worlds championship.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-10-27
.lruo III BOth cases. -
"'Tis more blessed to give
Than it is to receiye::' -
or advice and Of physic
HNhfc Il 4raan VIC hnlinv0

Tho fact that mans brain grows
lighter as he grows older is considered
a curious thing. His brain is supposed
by the community to be the lightest
when he is about twenty years DID,
Detroit Free Press.
Hope is. indeed, very fallacious,
and promises what it seldom gives;
but its promises are more valuable than
the gifts Of fortune. and it seldom
illustrates us without assuring us Of rec
ompensing the delay by greater
bounty. DR.. Johnson.
-..They are just running the thing
into the ground" !" observed Amy, in o
discussion on some topic of mutual in
tcrest. YES" replied the high school
girl. Il think myself that they are
forcibly projecting it into terra firma !"
Pittsburgh Chronicle.
"A Growing Child. .-Conductor-
Madam. did understand you to say
this girl Is not yet twelve years old?"
Mother. ..She will bo twelve next
spring" ..And you want to 60 all
the way to New York in this carp"
"Yes." '.Then you should not 60 on
this train" ''Why not?' Because
this is a slow train, and if that girl
keeps on growing rs she has been, by
the time we get to New York she will
be so large that she will not be able
to get through the car door. Tho COM
pany can't afford to take the car tc
pieces on half-fare ticket. "-1eras
SiftinQS.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-10-27

THE highest denomination Of United
States legal-tender notes is $4,000.
No bills Of the value Of 100000 have
ever been issued in this country.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-10-27

1T Is estimated that the discoveries,
Inventions and compounds patented
each year in the United States and
never amounting to any thing cost
$3. Opo. 600.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-10-27

A DAUGHTER of the King of Dem
mark, the Duchess of Cumberland,
who has been in an insane asylum at
Vienna for some months, has rcgained
her reason.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-10-27

A CORPORATION has been formed at
Santa Fe. N. NJ. which has for its OBJ
ject the irrigation of the choicest fruit
and farm lands in the Territory,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-10-27

engineer Of the passenger and o woman
were killed and ten persons were wounded,
OF whom four or five were not expected to
survive.
A PROSPEROUS Nebraska farmer named
Robert Gore was sentenced at Nashville,
Ill on the Goth to fourteen years impris-
onment for q murder committed twenty
years ago.
The National convention Of employing
printers adjourned at Chicago on the Goth
without having come to any settlement 0f
the nine-hour dispute. and 1t was thought
probable that November ! would be the
beginning Of general lockout or strike
In the job-printing establishments of all
the principal cities Of the United States
JUDGE JAMESON. of Chicago, on the Doth
overruled the motion for q new trial in the
Doodle county commissioners case, and
the six men would have to go to the peni-
sehtiary for two years each
In the Sixth district of Louisiana the Re-
publicans on the Goth nominated Judge
John Yoist for Congressman.
HE story that two thousand Baltimore 4
Ohio telegraph employees were to be dis.
charged was denied by Dr. Norvir Green on
the Goth
COLONEL H. A. MONTGOMERY, president Of
the Memphis jocky Club. after witnessing
the second race on the Goth fell dead in the
clubhouse
The yield Of wheat in Michigan would. It
was estimated on the 10Th, reach %, ,S15,-
153 bushels Potatoes were about one-
third Of a CROP and winter apples one-half
an average crop.
AT Marinette. Wis. an incendiary fre on
the 10th destroyed forty buildings in the
business portion Of the city, entailing loss
of $35O,OOO.
On the Chesapeake 4 Ohio road three
coaches Of fast express were thrown from
the track at st. Albans, w. Va, on the Goth.
The cars werc filed with passengers, twen-
ty-six Of whom were injured, four probably
fatally
THE Fulton iron-works and the California
car-works at San Francisco were destroyed
by fire on the Goth, causing losses OF 5000,
900 and $50, 600 respectively.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-10-27

1t beats all, the lies some persons
can tell in order to gain little prop,
erty. .-1 M
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-10-27
PlTH AND POINT. /,

Let money go SO long as manhood
rem aims.
Man never feels how precious time
is until he stops to think what he might
have done in idle hours. Baltimore
american.
1t was Emerson who defined the
real man as The who in the midst Of
the crowd keeps the independence of
solitude"
There is tide in the affairs Of men
which, if not skillfully lodged at the
proper time. browns them. Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette.
Some of the milkmen hang pals Of
milk down the we'll to keep the milk
cool. Some of them use too much
rope.-MilUauEee Sentinel.
An Austin man has invented an
apparatus for arrcsting and extinguish.
ing sparks. Are the girls going tc
stand thatp-7eras Sittings..
We notice that as rule people
who owe grudgc never ask for an ex-
tension of time nor reduction of inter-
est. They whack up at every oppor-
tunity.-Erchange.
Darwin said: 'Every species oi
fruit contains living principle A
man is very likely to discover it when
he bites into an apple in the dark.
BinghGmton Leader.
The arrest of several men in New
York on charge Of embracery has dc.
moralized the girls all over the coun'
try. They think it will make thu
young men too timid to do any hug.
ging.
"A paragrapher was put on the
markets the other day, but when he
headed fall in India rubber "gun
drops" he was restored to his former
position. Boston Commercial Aduer.
tiser.
| True in Both Cases.
.''Tis more blessed to give
Than it is to receive:'
or advice and Of physic
This il true we believe